Showing posts with label Albanian Cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albanian Cinema. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2013

3D Cinema

End finally we can see movies in 3D, but with this movies we can spot different reactions to the 3D fenomena.
1. Those people who experienced it with the same reaction like the one of the Train in Lumiere cinemas at the beginning of the time,
2. Those people who wanted to take the 3D glasses home,to see if the magic will continue.
3.Those people who didn't care and were surprised from the reactions of the others.


 Then after 3 movies they would calm down. They learned that nothing bad would happen to them,the glesses would work only in the cinema so they returned them back .
After the big surprise and getting use to this movies some other types came up. If I would ask anyone have you seen a 3D movie lately they would reply:
- No I have already seen one of them!



Not every movie is worth it to watch in 3D,especially those with live action people and no supernatural heroes. I do love to watch only animated movies in 3D but at this movies there is another problem,the kids and the mother that comes with them that has to tell the story so the kids would understand it.





Thursday, June 6, 2013

'There is no time'

Tik-tak, tik-tak... never have time enough. 
The job, the school, the homework,the studying,the sleeping, and now have to make a baby. This is a problem of our characters in the movie. They do not have enough time to do all of this thing and the most important thing ...to make love and to make a baby .
Finally they have time to make love for one hour.... But what happened? 
They listen something to the radio
Have a wonderful day!

'There is no time' is my first short movie. i know it has a lot of problem as a 'no budget' production,but is shows an aspect of the modern life how it is going to be and that we may not have time even for 'LOVE'

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Partisan Women

Partisan Women


During the Second World War Albania had two  national movements ‘Balli’ that later were called traitors to the motherland and the communist partisans, where there were also women. Starting from the first stories I heard of these women or teenage rebels and which leave the shelter of the family to fight in the name of freedom. All these stories were a good side and I just mentioned but had a bad side and the public opinion of these women had a moral controversial when communism came, many of them had born children during the war. The film has a duty to make heroin these women who sacrifice their own happiness for that of the country, so other rewards besides the film and we will help the public opinion people.

 But Albanian women and girls were not only tough but also smort. The film 'Girls with red ribbon' shows the movement and revolt of the  girls studying in the institute feminine. This event has in fact happened in reality because those girls that survived from this move will be the next executive in the Albanian government. These girls start to sabotage lessons by reading books banned by Italian teachers, read and learn about communism by creating a clan and distribution of treaties. Some girls not more than 17 years old are killed, the other out in the war and others continue to study as the country has also the need for educated people.. In the movie 'The Last Winter' are simple villagers  have a very important role in the course of the war, to supply with bread and clothes the partisans who hid to avoid being catch.

Monday, May 27, 2013

The imaginary Albania of Hollywood


Hollywood screenwriters are very happy that Albania is not very known and they can imagine it as they wish. I imagine these screenwriters sitting in a table and thinking: What to add something interesting and fun to the script ... Let's through a bit of Albania cause ultimately people will not realize that we are talking bullshit.
Let's take the movie 'My Mom's New Boyfriend'  with the Albanian underground restaurant.

1.Albanians do not keep the chickens  in the middle of the house. Well we do sometimes  during New Year's eve but it stays in the bathroom , like in these movie below: 'In our home '
2. Belidancing is not the Albanian traditional dancing,you could have  googel it and find something  like: Lily Cingu. 
Liliana Cingu
But then the film would not have half naked women dancing I understand that.

3.I have not heard of us eating alligators. Birds like chickens, ducks I eat also lambs and cows. In Albania are no Crocodiles but now I am thinking that  probably we might have eaten them.
4. Graski - It looks like they have mixed the word Raki (Albanian Brandy) and Gezuar (Cheers), but I don't think that they gave it so much thought
 In the end, it turns out that the Albanian flag was the only Albanian thing there that charmed up the scene.

Albanian cinema during the years of communism

Albanian cinema during the years of communism.

For research purposes the role of women in Albanian cinema and what it would represent to the four periods of time and four different roles that cinema chose for women, At first we are beginning to educate her and then being inspired by her the Albanian women. In general lines of the Albanian cinema launched its first movie in 1953, first with Soviet Union collaboration. Actresses first borrowed from theater to mention  Naimi Frasheri (not the writer) and Besa Imami. The first Albanian directors come from schools in Eastern Europe where we have also influence in filmaking . These film director were not only young people who were eager to make their movies but also wanted to prove what they can do. Lenin in one of his speeches said 'Cinema is the power you need to have on our side' he was among the first people who understood the power of the cinema. One of the main tasks of these directors was to educate a society which had a high percentage of illiteracy and had for years suffered from malaria.
This duty would have the woman at the first short Albanian film.

Leaving behind the Middle Age
In the movie 'Her children' of  Husen Hakani 'Mari Logoreci plays the role of a mother who has a very sick child in the country and instead of sending her child to the doctor she send him to and old lady that prayed for the child. Through the rituals of this old lady the child dies. A movie with a script to simply start from the end of his narration but gives a very big message. Husen Hakani with his character drives all mothers to leave all superstitions rituals and spells behind and to turn to a doctor to get medical assistance. The Marie Logoreci character has a big impact on mothers that begin to address to the doctor without making the same mistake as that. However, teaching people not to believe medicine and superstition was not the only problem of society. Prohibition of blood feuds and marriages under customary law archaic, for an Albania that was being built, was another step that should emancipate society.
The film 'Why is this drum playing' treats this theme. Based on the novel "Wedding" Ismail Kadare. Katrina and Xhavit two young volunteers fall in love during the construction of a railroad and decide to marry. But the father of Katrina, a mountaineer who has betrothed her daughter without consent can not accept this marriage. He goes to the wedding ceremony to kill his daughter. But what ...? At the and love wins every time.